As Fargo, ND faces record breaking river heights, our thoughts are with the residents, including the employees of Microsoft. During this time, we will expect delays in technical support requests and ask our customers to be patient and keep the folks we rely on in our thoughts as they face this challenging time.
“Doing more with less” is a goal we’ve been helping customers achieve recently. Cutting costs, cutting unnecessary tasks, and cutting out the clutter, can all contribute to a lean, efficient, and profitable outcome.
I have listed some ideas below - some are related specifically to Dynamics GP, and some are generic.
New tax table changes will be available for download the last week of March. If you process payroll in-house, be sure to get the March 2009 Round 4 U.S. Payroll Tax Update for Microsoft Dynamics GP downloaded from CustomerSource and installed for your 1st payroll in April. Round 4 includes all previous state and federal tax table updates for 2009 as well as new federal tax table and program code changes required by the recently-passed economic stimulus legislation (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009). (more…)
Well, for GP users and partners anyway!
It’s here - the official Microsoft Dynamics GP Blog! Point your browser to: http://blogs.msdn.com/gp/ and add it to your RSS Feeds, your reader - however you track worthwhile blogs, track this blog! It is going to be authored by the product management and marketing team for GP. It promises to not only give us the inside scoop on what’s going on with GP but also give us the opportunity to give our feedback.
Software solutions should reduce the complexity that we are “exposed to.” When it all boils down, that is the expectation; that is the sales pitch; it is the input to the ROT (Return-On-Investment) calculation. They should hide the complexity and repetition from your staff, increasing efficiency and accuracy.
Often, initially, that is what it looks like. As things progress though, the underlying complexity is often revealed again causing all sorts of problems that kill the value of the project. Sometimes these issues can even imperil an organization’s ability to function, because what was a ‘difficult process’ has now become impossible. (more…)
